Fight to the Max

SHE might work in the beauty industry but boxer Maxine McCarthy has no fears about cauliflower ears and broken noses as she gears up for her first professional fight. The blonde bombshell runs a tanning salon in Monton but doesn't worry about putting off her customers with any injuries picked up in the ring.

MAXINE McCarthy is training hard for her first pro fight – in-between running her own tanning salon

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SHE might work in the beauty industry but boxer Maxine McCarthy has no fears about cauliflower ears and broken noses as she gears up for her first professional fight.

The blonde bombshell runs a tanning salon in Monton but doesn't worry about putting off her customers with any injuries picked up in the ring.

Maxine, who recently signed a professional contract at Bridgewater Boxing Gym, said: "I'm not worried about getting hit in the face - you can always get a nose job.

"Anyway I'm pretty good at staying away. I'm not worried about it because some girls don't hit that hard. If it happens, it happens. I'm definitely more into boxing than anything else.

"I'm quite well groomed but I'm quite tomboyish."

Maxine, 30, has been training with Tom Bruggen, a former corner man for Ricky Hatton, at Bridgewater in Pendleton for the last six months and is being sponsored by champion body builder Paul George, from Olympic Gym in Patricroft.

A fitness fantatic all her life she has tried her hand at amateur body building and started boxing when she was 21 at Shackladys in Eccles.

The former St Patrick's RC High School pupil is now training 20 hours a week as she prepares for her first pro fight in July.

The welterweight from Eccles said: "I always feared that there was not much room for women's boxing but after meeting Tom I've seen there is and now I am determined to make my mark.

"I am fitter now than when I was 18. I can leg press 400kg and 200kg.

"I don't drink and I don't smoke and I can't wait to get into the ring.

"I train with the lads at Bridgewater and it's more beneficial because they don't hold back but I can hold my own."

Trainer Tom said: "Maxine is pretty unique.

"She has an amazing amount of boxing talent and is totally determined.

"She can punch harder than any man I know at nine stone and Maxine will never take a backwards step.